SARATOV, Oct 12 President of the Saratov regional public organization «Football club» Delta «Sergey Kormilitsyn and his subordinate Olga Spichnikova will appear before the court on charges of especially large-scale fraud, follows from the materials of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Saratov.» Persons (defendants) — Sergey Vadimovich Kormilitsyn, Olga Vladimirovna Spichnikova … Judge — Sergey Ivanovich Sotskov, — each of the defendants is charged with nine episodes of a crime under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation «fraud on an especially large scale» and one episode under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation «fraud on a large scale». The sanctions of these articles provide for up to 10 years in prison. «In the course of carrying out operational and investigative measures by the operatives of the UEBiPK of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Saratov Region with the assistance of employees of the regional FSB, facts of embezzlement by the defendants of funds in the amount of six more than 40 million rubles allocated for participation in training camps held as part of sports events at the federal level,» the press service of the regional head office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. The police found out that the accused, using their official position, repeatedly provided deliberately false information to the regional ministry of youth policy and sports to receive grants, some of which the defendants used at their discretion «contrary to the established cost estimate for the targeted areas of the organization's activities.»
